Search Results: a mirror for witches by esther forbes

Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2008. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Academy. Cassandra eds,reprint,1985. Very Good soft cover. 12mo,soft covers,214pp,illus. light edgewear cover. fairly light marginalia & underlining

Dell, 1969. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Chicago: Chicago Publishers. Good with no dust jacket. 1985. Trade Paperback.

Houghton Mifflin, 1956. Paperback. Good. in x in x in. Edges of cover worn, cover is a cloth cover

New York: [Dell] Laurel-Leaf Library [1971]. Good. 1971. Later Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Later [3rd] printing thus. "A Pulitzer Prize historian's classic novel of the terror and temptation at the core of every witchhunt". Famous weird novel. Bleiler [1978 Checklist, page75]. Reginald 05509. 156 pages. VG copy [cover creasing, cheap paper starting to tan] with a number written to the top edge. .

Houghton Mifflin,, 1963. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Academy Chicago Publishers, 1985. Second. Trade Paperback. Very Good, slight wear on edges.

Dell. Good. 1976. Mass Market Paperback. (R202) .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo. Robert Gibbings. The story of Doll Bilby, a witch.

London: William Heinemann, 1928. Illustrated with 12 wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings, small octavo, pp x, 228, the fore-edge and the bottom edge uncut, very occasional foxing, blacl cloth a little faded marked and worn, the lower joint and the base of the spine slightly torn.. First Edition. Cloth. Fair. Illus. by Robert Gibbings.

William Heinemann, 1928. Book. Good. hardback. hardback, second printing, octavo, black cloth lettered gilt to spine. A tightly bound copy free of marking but with notable foxing at the front and rear and thus good only. The twelve wood engravings by Robert Gibbings are in very good condition, viii + 228pp.

London: William Heinemann, 1928 Internally very good subject to slight browning , side of textblock ragged - leaves look to have been carelessly cut, front hinge slightly strained but holding well, cover rubbed/marked, pics available

Amereon Ltd, 1963. Hardcover. New. 8.75x5.50x1.00 inches.

London: William Heinemann, 1928. First edition. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 7.5" by 5.5". Robert Gibbings. A lovely first edition of this novel concerning the Salem witch trials, with beautiful wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A popular novel by award-winning American author Esther Forbes (1891–1967), written like an authentic chronicle, concerning the life of Doll Bilby, a young girl accused of being a witch in 17th century New England. Illustrated by Robert Gibbings (1889-1958), an Irish artist and author, notable for his wood engravings and sculptures, and for his books on travel and natural history. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, in lovely condition. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with a little offsetting to the paste downs and end papers, and spotting to the fore edge, affecting the occasional page. Many pages uncut. Very Good Indeed

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928. first edition. Hardcover. Very good. 6 x 9 in. Tan cloth spine with decorative paper boards, red paper spine label. Frontis and some text vignettes. Condition is VERY GOOD ; covers very clean, one tiny spot on spine. Minor shelf wear. Spine label has a little wear ti edges. Binding tight with a little pulling in the text at pg 25 that does not affect the binding. Text unmarked, one pg has a spot. Fic. RGR.

London,, 1928. First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket.. Very slight lean, otherwise very good in somewhat used and tanned, very good minus dust jacket, with some chipping at spine ends and corners. Front panel of jacket in good order showing two people lying down in long grass next to a palm tree (deisgned by R. Gibbings). . Large 8vo. pp xi, 228. Original publisher's blue cloth, lettered gilt on spine. Illustrated in b/w throughout - twelve wood-engravings by Robert Gibbings.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. Very Good. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1928. First Trade Edition, with no additional printings listed. Signed by the author without inscription on front free endpaper. Octavo; [vi], 213pp. Publishers red cloth with black lettering. Missing dust jacket. Boards lightly shelfworn, with a patch of surface dampstaining / fading at top front near spine and a small white spot at top back. Spine darkened, with tugging and a bit of fraying at head and tail. Some blind writing impressions on front free endpaper with faint creasing at top corner. Pages a touch toned but unmarked. Binding is sound. Historical fiction set in and around the Salem witch hysteria. In her bibliography America in Historical Fiction, Vandelia VanMeter blurbs: "In England, Doll witnesses the execution of her parents, who were accused of witchcraft. Rescued by a sea captain, she is then taken to Massachusetts. Hated by a foster mother determined to brand her as a witch, and driven by her… Read More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1928. Book. Illus. by Robert Gibbings. Very Good. Hardcover. Octavo. A novel of the witch hunt in 17th Century New England. .